Is it time for another Donation Drive?
You bet it is!
It’s a MtG black Planeswalker box
A San Diego Comic Con exclusive, it features containing limited edition versions of Ajani, Jace, Chandra, Liliana, and Garruk in beautiful metallic black-on-black foil.
Hurry, you only have until 11:35pm! Get in donations of $19.10 or multiples!
We’ve even sweetened the pig to include a PAX exclusive set of Theros art postcards!
So Ken Steacy came by with a veritable King Solomon’s Mines of his incredible treasures.
His twelve sensational lots brought in a cool
To write that in words, like I do on my rent cheques, that’s
Not bad for a few hours’ work (plus thousands of hours of a true artisan labouring at his craft etc., etc., blah blah blah).
Thanks Ken, from everyone at Desert Bus for Hope! You’re our hero!
Aaron Forsythe will be calling into Desert Bus at 10:30pm PST on Thursday, November 21st.
Aaron Forsythe is the Director of Magic R&D for a small time card game called Magic: The Gathering. Maybe you’ve heard of it? Aaron began playing MTG in 1994 using a Revised deck given to him as a gift from his mother. By 1997 he had made appearances on the Magic Pro Tour as a member of Team CMU. At the 2000 US Nationals he took third place, ensuring him a place on team USA for the 2000 World Championships, at which they won the Team portion. Since then, Aaron has added two Pro Tour Top 8’s to his record and holds sixty-nine Pro Points.
In 2001, head MTG designer Mark Rosewater encouraged Aaron to apply for the position of editor of Wizards of the Coast new website: magicthegathering.com, The site launched with Aaron as editor in 2002. He then earned a spot on the Fifth Dawn design team, which earned him huge accolades from inside of Wizards’ ranks. His success led to his full-time inclusion on the Magic R&D team, with Aaron intertied the position of Head Developer and then Director of Magic R&D.
As a member of R&D over the past 10 years, Aaron has been involved in a ton of sets as both a designer and developer. His design credits include Magic 2010 through Magic 2013 and Planechase. As a developer, his work can be seen on many Magic releases including the original Ravnica block, Zendikar, and the upcoming Modern Masters set.
Have a question you are itching to ask Aaron? Post it in the comments below.
Penny Arcade celebrates 15 years this Nov. 18. Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik debuted the gaming-culture themed webcomic in 1998, and it has since brought us PAX, Penny Arcade TV and, of course, Child’s Play Charity for children’s hospitals. Through these and so many other awesome initiatives, Penny Arcade has turned gaming from a hobby subculture into a social movement.
The whole point of Desert Bus for Hope is to raise funds for the charity Penny Arcade founded, yet their contribution doesn’t end there. Every year, Penny Arcade continues to support and prolong the drive in new and exciting ways… for the children.
Thank you so much Penny Arcade for continuing to support the crazy adventure that is Desert Bus for Hope.
†Assured to be much longer than an hour.
Ken Steacy is in the house, so put on your radiation suits because you are about to be bombarded by an onslaught of radioactive loot of the highest magnitude (on the order of several thousand mSv).
If you’re not watching the feed, get online NOW, because there are oodles of prizes that will be on the line. See the blog post below for a full listing, or click on the Live Auctions page…. and don’t forget that there are sure to be plenty of pig sweeteners added too.
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Until 10:30pm, we are having a $9.78 Donation Drive
for a chance at an autographed copy of Chris Hadfield’s An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth.
Think of this as a chance to get a double-dip
at prizes on any bid you make!
Tsuneo Sanda Yoda Print (pictured)
Victor Vector & Yondo Original
World of Warcraft Elendril Original (pictured)
Racer X Original (pictured)
Portrait Sketch and Colour Commission:
Ken Steacy custom art!
We also have an odds-and-ends set of valuable assorted Magic: The Gathering items
Leather Pouch, featuring Rosco P. Jangles IV and the Desert Bus
Star Wars Celebration Europe 2007 print
Our good friend Bonnie Burton called in to say hello, answer some questions, and speak about some projects she’s been working on.
She also issued a donation drive which will be ongoing until 7:30pm. Until then, donate in increments of $4.44 for a chance to win a Bonnie Burton Prize Pack, plus, as a pig sweetener, a MegaCynics print, courtesy of Dengler!
The four couples in the Moonbase are playing a game of Relationship Russian Roulette, which is to say: The Newlywed Game!
Our brave teams are:
Squirm in your seat as the dudes and ladies take turns guessing how each other will answer questions about their relationships!
So far it has been truly harrowing stuff. One blogger compared it to witnessing the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and knowing the dominoes that are now about to fall.
Make sure to tune in now, as the girls are about to take their turn to see how well they know their fellas!
Desert Bus is very excited to welcome a new call-in this year: Bonnie Burton! Bonnie will be calling in at 6pm PST on November 21st.
Bonnie Burton is a former Senior Editor of both StarWars.com and the Official Star Wars Blog. She was also a staff writer for Star Wars Insider Magazine and has published a metric ton of books, including: The Star Wars Craft Book,You Can Draw Star Wars, Draw Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Girls Against Girls: Why We Are Mean to Each Other and How We Can Change, Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Planets in Peril, and Never Threaten to Eat Your Co-Workers.
She has also worked as a magazine writer for Digit, Bust, Geek Monthly, Wired, Yahoo! Internet Life, Organic Gardening, and presently writes a geek girl column for SFX. Bonnie also hosts a personal website, Grrl.com and is also quite prolific on Twitter and Pintrest.
Bonnie has hosted a number of shows, including the Denver music video show “Teletunes” and the San Francisco music video show “Subculture”. She presently hosts several shows, including Ask Bonnie and Geek DIY on Stan Lee’s World of Heroes, and co-hosts Vaginal Fantasy Book Club with Veronica Belmont, Felicia Day, and Kiala Kazbee. In addition to all that, Bonnie and Anne Wheaton are the founders of the Googly-Eye-Art-Movement, VandalEyes.
Have a question for Bonnie? Leave it in the comments below.
The in-house artist of Card Kingdom, Joe Vollan, has donated, this Skull-Moth MtG playmat. Donate in increments of $10.10 for a chance to win! The drive ends at 4:45pm, which is only 8 minutes from now!
And we’ve sweetened the pig! The winner also gets a chocolate Companion Cube.
